VR applications for Iraq War veterans are all over the news this week. Today's TIME Magazine has an article detailing an Emory study that combines the typical VR exposure therapy I've been writing about with d-Cycloserine (DCS), which affects the amygdala. The intent is to decrease fear as the painful memories are evoked. For a paper on how DCS may work in rats, click here. If you are a veteran currently suffering from anxiety related to military service, please visit the Emory University Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program.
On Friday, CNN ran a piece on a lab at the NIH using the popular video game, "Duke Nukem" as a measure in the assessment of clinically depressed patients.
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